My wife and I have deep roots in Christian County. After graduating from Taylorville High School, Marla and I moved away to fulfill my military service in the US Navy. While serving in the Navy, I gave my life to Jesus Christ in Jacksonville, FL, at 21. Following our time away, Marla and I moved back to Illinois, and we graduated from Southern Illinois University (Go Salukis!). 

With the experience of working on aircraft in the Navy, I thought aviation maintenance was to be my career path until God had other plans. Through a series of events (sounds like a screenplay, cue sound effects), we both knew that vocational ministry would be our future. That was in 2004. 

We accepted a ministry opportunity in West Melbourne, FL, and lived there for five years. I finished my graduate degree from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (Go Eagles!). We moved north to Dublin, GA, for a lead pastor position at Dublin Bible Church. I served that church for ten years until God called us a bit more north to our old stomping grounds, Taylorville, IL. I accepted the call of Lead Pastor at Calvary in January 2022. 

God's up to something awesome! He's always up to something awesome.